Friday, July 8, 2011

Covetous Eyes

As you may have heard, the Los Angeles Angels of Fiduciary Restraint called up one of the finest prospects in baseball, Mike Trout. Mike Trout is an outfielder and exemplary human being. He is also younger than this.

With Vernon Wells in LOLeft and Torii Hunter in right, the Angels have lots of money tied up in two outfielders in dire need of plate appearances to justify their contracts. Trout must play because calling up a 19-year-old from Double-A only to sit him on the bench too ludicrous for even the Angels to consider.

As such, the not great but certainly not awful Peter Bourjos is just sort of...hanging out. Perhaps there is a team — a team without a proper center fielder on the immediate horizon &dash; who might dash in and steal him away. Can you think of a such a team?

Bourjos might be proto-Anthony Gose. Is he an improvement over Rajai Davis? I think so. A better fielder and, this year, better hitter. Under team control for another decade or so, he won't come cheap.

Just a thought. Bourjos is crazy exciting and fun to watch. If Tony Reagins even takes AA's call, it could be a nice preview of the player Anthony Gose may one day become.

The lack of plate discipline is pretty scary on Bourjos. For a guy with 0 power he strikes out more than Snider. He can't take advantage of his speed cause he doesn't walk, and all those K's take away chances for base hits. The D is incredible, no doubt, but the overall package isn't very good.

It's a good idea to go after a blocked player/prospect. I'm just not sure this particular blocked player is the guy to go after.

How does a Snider - Bourjos - Bautista OF sound? Pretty damn fantastic if I say so! Make it happen and as long as we dont have to trade anything valuable (Snider, Drabek, Stewart, D'Arnuad or Gose) I'm good. Thames is likely part of this deal. Bourgos in CF makes us a better team and if he is taken under Joey Bats wing we might just have a solution to the his travesty of OBP.

I like rest of you, have been drooling over the glut of true OF talent in the ANGELS system.

Heres the thing with this deal, it doesnt actually work. For one, AA fleaced the Angels aready, dont count on it happening again but more over Bourjos only looks great for this year and next, Gose will be up and ready by the time Davis's contract expires ie 1.5 years from now.

Then there is Thames, if hes not included his development at the ML level is blocked. Keeping the stat quo we go with Snider, Davis, Jose, Thames. Snider might now wow you in C but he can get the job done.

Trade Hill, sign Reyes or the O's 2b, with Lawrie at 3rd Escobar at 2, lind at first in a 70-30 split with Cooper / dh. Buy a closer, there is your Toronto Blue Jays.

AA didn't fleece the Angels. They knew exactly what they were getting in Wells. It's not like the contract was some kind of secret the Jays hid from the rest of the league. If anything, the Wells deal makes it seem MORE likely the Angels go for another retarded trade. The Jays should offer Patterson. :P